Saturday, March 20, 2010

I have been pretty isolated artistically for the last few months, save for whom I connect with over the internet (and a huge thank you to all my artistic friends and community members online - you're all so inspiring!). This week, I connected in real life with two fantastic artists.

Jill Elhert, whom we met through the Bamfield retreat last year (see Day 1, Day 2, and Days 3 & 4, plus our exhibition). Jill's work is very expressive and beautiful, very abstracted. She's currently working on some personal discovery projects, as well as looking forward to an intensive workshop this May with Steven Amoine. We had a lovely visit (with tea and fab home-made chocolate chip cookies, yum!!) and studio tour, thanks Jill.

Nikkie Wilson, a printmaker in Victoria, contacted me via email (through discovering my work on the Federation of Canadian Artist's website, as she's a recent member to the Victoria chapter thereof). She's very keen to connect with printmakers, especially locally. We happened to be down at her neck of the woods today, so she graciously invited us for a studio visit. It was very inspiring to see her colourful, vivacious work, lately woodcuts, utilizing great tool marks in her printmaking. It was wonderful to meet with such an enthusiastic printmaker, I look forward to continuing our creative dialogue in future, thanks Nikkie.

So, my isolation broken for the meantime, I'm feeling somewhat energized again, and reminded that I am part of a greater whole, which is always a good thing to be reminded of.

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About Me

I am a printmaking artist based on the West Coast of Canada, with my cabinetmaker husband Dave, my artist mum Betty, our new "edition" Katja, and feline assistants, Murri & Mr. Stubbi (plus a flock of Muscovies and a couple of pigs). My artwork reflects upon the natural world and the irony of progress. I have a shop on Etsy featuring hand-crafted, original prints.

I spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking, baking & processing food from our garden (canning, lacto-fermentation, dehydrating, etc.), a fair amount of time with my daughter & husband, not nearly enough time in the studio, and precious little time exercising!

While we aren't really farmers, we aspire towards homesteading status, raising a fair portion of our own food (animals included), and doing some gleaning from the local environment. Knowing where our food comes from and how our food is handled/treated is a big deal to us, plus we just really enjoy learning how to do stuff. Our animals & garden have taught us so much, and enter our young daughter to teach us even more.

I've not done much art since the birth of our daughter, but eventually I'll be back at it. I especially love teaching printmaking, because it's so versatile and interesting, and really easy to do a lot of it at home on your kitchen table.

I try to fill my life with learning and discovery, and I am lucky enough to have a life partner and little girl who not only help make that possible, they are just as interested, too!!